Notting Dale Future Neighbourhood 2030

The Council has been working with residents of Notting Dale, local organisations, ward councillors and more than 20 partners on the Mayor of London’s Future Neighbourhoods 2030 programme since 2021. The aim of the programme is to transform Notting Dale into the UK’s largest eco-neighbourhood, making it an exemplar for London and beyond.

Notting Dale Future Neighbourhoods 2030 programme focuses on five key themes centred around retrofitting, energy supply, health and wellbeing, nature recovery and green skills that will help to secure sustainable and inclusive growth of Notting Dale up to 2030 and beyond.

The five themes of the Notting Dale Future Neighbourhoods 2030 programme which align with the Mayor of London’s Green New Deal objectives are:

1. Fabric First: Notting Dale Goes Net Zero

Our Aim is to increase the energy efficiency of homes and public buildings through deep retrofitting which will improve the fabric of the buildings and will help to reduce energy demand. We also plan to move towards less polluting sources of energy, using low carbon heating systems and generating clean, green, renewable energy ourselves in the local area. Our goal is for all Council owned buildings to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Benefits for the neighbourhood and the community: 

• Tackle climate change by reducing energy demand through deep retrofit and generating clean, green, renewable energy.
• Improved thermal comfort and reduced risk of condensation, mould, and draughts in homes and within schools - improving residents, pupils, and staff wellbeing and tackling environmental health risks. 

2. Powering Up for the People: Clean, Green and Local Energy

Our Aim is to provide energy in homes, schools, and offices that is locally generated from clean renewable energy sources, and to develop community-owned green energy.   Support and energy advice will be offered to residents, covering energy usage, fuel poverty and green utilities. A Notting Dale Heat Network is being designed and will initially supply heat and hot water through underground pipes to 800 homes on the Lancaster West Estate, as well as Kensington Leisure Centre and Kensington Aldridge Academy, with expansion across the neighbourhood through phase two of the scheme to more buildings in the ward and the wider borough.

Benefits for the neighbourhood and the community

• Reduction of carbon emissions through the generation of clean electricity.
• Improved air quality by replacing gas boilers across the ward.
• Protect residents against fuel poverty by reducing energy demand and providing renewable sources as the price of fossil fuels rise.
• Create a community fund to support local projects and put people at the heart of the energy system through the community owned energy scheme.
• Provide affordable heating and hot water whilst tackling fuel poverty. 

3. Creating a Cleaner and Healthier Notting Dale

Our aim is to make healthy and sustainable travel, such as safe cycling and walking, more accessible to residents of Notting Dale, with a particular focus on initiatives for Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities as well as disabled residents.

Benefits for the neighbourhood and the community

• Lower carbon emissions and pollution concentrations from cleaner transport.
• Improved air quality and safer streets as a result of active travel.
• Improvements to health and wellbeing through increased activity from people walking or cycling more.
• Green jobs and volunteering opportunities.
• Tackle economic inequalities by supporting all residents to have the same access to things like cycling equipment. 

4. Building a Notting Dale Nature Recovery Network

Our aim

• Creating more green spaces across Notting Dale including at our tube stations and enhancing the ones that already exist through initiatives like tree planting. 
• Improving access to nature for everyone, but especially vulnerable groups and communities that need it most and making improvements to underused garden spaces to open them up for public use.
• Enhancing the available habitats for urban wildlife to improve biodiversity.
• Supporting residents to grow their own food and prevent food waste through community kitchen gardens.
• Creating climate adaptable green spaces through rain gardens and sustainable urban drainage systems.

Benefits for the neighbourhood and the community

• Better protection for the environment against heat, and drought.
• Natural flood controls in a region of the borough heavily affected by flooding.
• Improved air quality and reduced carbon emissions.
• Improved mental and physical wellbeing, as well as encouraging healthy eating, through food growing and gardening.
• Increase skills in gardening and nature conservation management.
• Protect and create habitats to support biodiversity. 

5. Creating Green Jobs and Skills Through Circular Economy

Our aim is to create a circular economy in which materials can be infinitely recycled and reused with any waste being repurposed for another use.

To achieve this, we will run repair workshops, clothes recycling pop-ups, school uniform swap shops, and food waste events. We will also set up a Library of Things which helps residents save money and reduce waste by affordably renting out useful things like drills, sound systems and sewing machines from local spaces. Residents can also learn skills like DIY and repair. To increase green skills and create more green jobs, we are developing a Green Skills Academy and will be delivering certified AQA training for young people to ensure the next generation can carry on the fight against climate change.

 

Benefits for the neighbourhood and the community

• Creation of green jobs and volunteering opportunities for the community. 
• Reducing consumption emissions and diverting landfill waste.
• Tackling social isolation by encouraging residents to get involved in workshops and training opportunities. 

Partners - who are we already working with?

For the last year and a half, the Council has been working with local partners and residents in delivering 30+ environmental projects as part of Phase 1, with 12 new projects to be implemented by March 2024 as part of Phase 2. Projects address some of the most urgent needs of the local community.

• All Saints Catholic College Primary
• Allom & Barlow Residents Association
• Arup
• Avondale Park Primary
• Bikeworks
• Bramley House Residents Association 
• Brown Baby supported by Energy Garden
• Colville Primary
• Clement James Centre
• Diocese of Westminster
• Groundwork London
• Henry Dickens Residents Association
• idverde
• Lancaster West Residents Association
• Library of Things
• Notting Dale Heat
• Nottingwood House Residents Association
• North Kensington Community Energy
• Repowering London
• Rugby Portobello Trust
• Portobello Radio
• Silchester Residents Association
• SPACE
• St Francis of Assisi Primary
• Stoneleigh Place Residents
• Thomas Jones Primary
• Urbanwise London
• Volunteer Centre Kensington and Chelsea
• West Central London Fixer
• Westway Trust